Late Late Show 3/16..VCR/DVR Alert

[TimK2003]

EDIT:  Date in the Thread Title was miskeyed...Corrected date below:

Merv Griffin will be a guest on next Monday's (3/19) Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson.

More than likely, "Crosswords" will be a hot topic that night, or at least the concept will be discussed.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'147852\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 08:23 AM\']
More than likely, "Crosswords" will be a hot topic that night.
[/quote]
I'll be shocked if it's even mentioned.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'147852\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 10:23 AM\']
Merv Griffin will be a guest on next Monday's (3/16) Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson.
[/quote]
Next Monday is the 19th.  I'm assuming you meant that.

[toddyo]

Oooooooooooooooooh! Merrrvlicious.  With Crosswords, when will the cameo by Jack Sheldon occur?

[clemon79]

I'm gonna Tivo this, just because I want to be the first one to do the Nelson Muntz "HA-ha!" when Crosswords doesn't get mentioned.

[itiparanoid13]

Yeah, I wouldn't expect Crosswords to be mentioned, or if it is, it'll be for a few seconds.  I'm working on the show and there are way way too many sketchy details to iron out (beyond the basic idea that you play the game off a Crossword puzzle and the overly-stressed in all press releases format of a round-structure) to have a long discussion out of it.

FYI, at last check, it doesn't have a host picked or city to tape in or much of anything beyond some form of a gameplay.  It's rumored to be Chicago and with how much it's been talked about I'm almost ready to get a plane ticket to Chicago this summer, but it's not official yet.  It's still relatively early, and more news should come out in the upcoming weeks.

[J.R.]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'147936\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 12:31 AM\']
I'm gonna Tivo this, just because I want to be the first one to do the Nelson Muntz "HA-ha!" when Crosswords doesn't get mentioned.
[/quote]

You are disgusting.

Why do you hate us so much?

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'toddyo\' post=\'147926\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 11:55 PM\']
Oooooooooooooooooh! Merrrvlicious.  With Crosswords, when will the cameo by Jack Sheldon occur?
[/quote]
I wouldn't mind that one bit. Hope he'll bring his trumpet.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'147941\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 03:02 AM\']
You are disgusting.
[/quote]
Thank you! Coming from you that means so much.

Why do you hate us so much?

Believe me, chief, to "hate" would require far more of an emotional investment that I can be bothered to make over something so trivial as this. But, just for you, I'll recap the thread:

Tim: "Ooooh, Merv's gonna be on Ferguson. He's TOTALLY gonna talk about Crosswords!
Me: "There is no way in nine blue hells he's gonna talk about Crosswords."
Toddyo: "Yay! I can't wait to hear him talk about Crosswords!"

I realize that just because I say it doesn't make it so, but still, forgive me if I'm gonna roll my eyes a little bit. So I'm gonna Tivo the show because I'm interested in seeing if I got it right, and even more interested to see, if I _am_ right, if people come back here the next day saying "WAAAAH! Why didn't he talk about Crosswords!"

And if I'm wrong, well, I'll be happy to bone up on new preparations of crow. But I'm suspecting I won't be wrong.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'147941\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 06:02 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'147936\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 12:31 AM\']
I'm gonna Tivo this, just because I want to be the first one to do the Nelson Muntz "HA-ha!" when Crosswords doesn't get mentioned.
[/quote]
You are disgusting.

Why do you hate us so much?
[/quote]
He doesn't hate us, and if you don't stop taking every single one of his posts so personally, you're going to make yourself physically ill.

[Jimmy Owen]

Why would Merv be on the show anyway?  Is he there to talk about how he may be uncle to Anna Nicole Smiff's baby?

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'147957\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 10:45 AM\']And if I'm wrong, well, I'll be happy to bone up on new preparations of crow. But I'm suspecting I won't be wrong.[/quote]
Spike is my seasoning of choice.  My guess is you'll need it.  
Probably just as an afterthought, but I'm betting Crosswords gets a mention.

[uncamark]

While we're mentioning "Crosswords," yesterday's NY Times reported in an article about CBS stations' lead-in problems contributing to Katie Couric's ratings problems (strange, considering that most CBS-owned stations have Dr. Phil as their local news lead-in in the afternoon) that WNBC in New York is going to make "Crosswords" their local news lead-in this fall at 4 p.m., with Ellen being moved elsewhere.  Interesting.

[PYLdude]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'147967\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 11:33 AM\']
While we're mentioning "Crosswords," yesterday's NY Times reported in an article about CBS stations' lead-in problems contributing to Katie Couric's ratings problems (strange, considering that most CBS-owned stations have Dr. Phil as their local news lead-in in the afternoon) that WNBC in New York is going to make "Crosswords" their local news lead-in this fall at 4 p.m., with Ellen being moved elsewhere.  Interesting.
[/quote]

I don't understand why they can't find another spot for "Crosswords" in New York. The 4 PM slot isn't really the best for them right now (considering the two ratings powers in that slot, Oprah and Judge Judy). But then again, there really isn't much space on the NBC 4 sched for the show...unless they swing it to where they move one of the entertainment news shows out of their 7 PM hour slots (fat chance of that happening).

[Jimmy Owen]

I think we're getting to the point that there can be one show per genre in a given slot. In NYC, instead of talk vs. talk vs. court, we'll have game vs. talk vs. court.  BTW, Judy is not invincible, Oprah is however.

You don't want it in 7-8 because WOF/J would prevail in that battle.